§ 32. Dr. John A. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements exist for the authorisation of drug-testing experiments involving inmates of Her Majesty's prisons and mental hospitals; how many such drug trials have taken place in the last three years; what were the drugs involved; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. SummerskillIt is not the practice to carry out drug-testing experiments on prisoners in England and Wales. Questions relating to practice in mental hospitals and other health service establishments in England and Wales are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services.